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Show HIGH-TONED MARRIAGE. The Latest and Liveliest Sensation. Sensa-tion. He came to Salt Lake preceded by a glowing reputation and with a borrowed bor-rowed name. His parents, or friends at some period of his life, had recognized recog-nized him as Paul Ballou, and music was the syren that enchanted his soul. With a violin and a celerbated Russian ' name he made- hia advent in Salt Lake, and was soon alter pronounced twin-brother to a bilk, the other twin having never been born. This was the gallant bridegroom, whose delicate foreign accent made him admired ad-mired among the ladies. The blooming bride was also a devotee de-votee of music, but especially admired ad-mired terpsichorean strains. She also came here from the Golden State, and as M'lle Josephine danced herself into the affections of several of the b'hoya. But theatres comique are uncertain establishments, as Deutcher Larkin and his Carrie found out in Omaha; and Josephine she of the French imperial name vaulted with funambulistic pole of ambition to the pantry of a Salt Lake hotel. Here the aspiring twain met, saw each other, and were, each, vanquished. vanquish-ed. He fiddled into her affections; she pirouetted into the place underneath under-neath his vest supposed to be the location loca-tion of the heart. He concluded that relieving "mine host" of a pantry girl would be ample equivalent for an , overgrown board-bill. Pie bad tried to make money by a "side-show" entertainment, en-tertainment, but had failed. She thought a "Professor" with a celebrated cele-brated name and it "my father's" was a catch. She didn't catch, but was caught. Three days after sight there was a marriage, but no cards, nor any other nonsense. They were wedded, but not bedded. What followed the ceremony who shall tell? We will not. She was deceived; he was disappointed. She, poor thing, waltzed oIF west; he, sad youth, slung himself southward on cat-gut to revel in other fields and pastures new. Provo saw and heard him, and when it learns the facts may become slightly profane. pro-fane. But where he will nxt pick up a wife and continue his matrimonial matrimo-nial career remayis to be seen. Mr. Ballou may be a success as a prof, mus., but he can't fool Josephine any more. And, lo! all this has happened since the beginning of 1874. It may be a consolation to him to know that his wife of last week has eloped to San Francisco with the cook of another Salt Lake hotel. |
